Dark Dorset

WELCOME to my new improved interactive Dark Dorset website,

Based on the successful publication DARK DORSET: TALES OF MYSTERY, WONDER AND TERROR by Robert. J. Newland and Mark. J. North. This site is an online compendium of information relating to local folklore and mysteries that can be discovered in the county of Dorset.

Click on the draws of my filing cabinet on the left of your screen if you dare! to explore the mysterious world of Dark Dorset.

The site is regularly updated, so I do hope that you come back soon!

Thank you for visiting my site.

Dr. Aldous Hangallis (Curator)

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Our diary	Notes & Queries
Morris Dancing Walking Tour at Lyme Regis 11th August 2008 Morris Dancing at East Coker, The Helyer Arms 14th July 2008 Morris Dancing at The Royal Oak, Stoford 14th July 2008	5th September 2006 Book up now for a storybook holiday: Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle Another Childrens Book, which is set in Dorset, which also covers the folklore and history of the county can be found in Peter S. Beagle's Tamsin Book Review: Tamsin by Peter S. Beagle Reviewed by...
Gabbygamies - The Terrors of Ashmore
There was once a fairy barrow at a place called Folly Hanging Gate at Washers Pit in Ashmore, which was believed inhabited by strange fairy-like spirits called 'Gabbygamies' or otherwise 'Gappergennies.' It was said anybody who visited the barrow and put their ear to the top would hear the hypnotic sounds of the fairies within. However, in 1840 the barrow was levelled to make way for a new ... Read more >